Conflict of Orders

First Succession of the Plebeians

494 BCE

The Plebeians had enough. They left Rome and moved to the Sacred Mount (Mons Sacer). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_secessio_plebis
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Lex Publilia

471 BCE

It transferred the election of the tribunes of the Plebs to the comitia tributa (Tribal Assembly). This freed their election from the direct influence of the Senate/patrician magistrates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Publilia_(471_BC)
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Valerio-Horatian Laws

450 BCE

These were three laws that restored the right of appeal to the people, and introduced measures that were favorable to the Plebeians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Publilia_(471_BC)
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Second Succession of the Plebeians

449 BCE

The decemviri were abusing their power. This caused the Plebeians to demand Plebeian Tribunes and the right to appeal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secessio_plebis#:~:text=punishment%20by%20death.-,Second%20Secession%20%E2%80%93%20449%20BC,appeal%2C%20which%20had%20been%20suspended. (Photo is free use - from Canva)

Establishment of the Twelve Tables

449 BCE

These turned traditions into the foundation of Roman Law.
The duties and rights of a Roman citizen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tables
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Third Succession of the Plebeians

445 BCE

They wanted the ability to legally marry anyone they like (like a Plebeian marrying a Patrician). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tables This Photo is Free Use

Fourth Succession of the Plebeians

342 BCE

The farmers were upset that they still had to pay their debts as they had no way to pay them (as they were gone to fight in the war). They went to Aventine Hill to protest. https://www.historydefined.net/secessio-plebis/#:~:text=Fourth%20and%20Fifth%20Secessions&text=Plebeian%20farmers%2C%20who%20had%20fought,crowd%20to%20stop%20the%20secession. This Image is Free Use

First Plebeian Praetor Elected

337 BCE

Quintus Publilius Philo was the first Plebeian Praetor elected. https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Praetor.html#:~:text=No%20Plebeian%20praetor%20was%20appointed,XLV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Publilius_Philo This Image is Free Use

Lex Hortensia

287 BCE

This was a law that was passed which made the laws passed by the Plebeian Council, binding on every citizen.
The dictator Quintus Hortensius passed this law (which is why it's also known as the Hortensian Law). It was to bring the Plebeians back from their succession (the 5th and final one). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Hortensia This Image is Free Use

Fifth Succession of the Plebeians

287 BCE

The Plebeian farmers found themselves with a large amount of debt, as they were fighting in wars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secessio_plebis#:~:text=Fifth%20Secession%20%E2%80%93%20287%20BC,-Main%20article%3A%20Lex&text=In%20287%20BC%2C%20the%20plebeians,and%20Amiternum%20from%20the%20Sabines. This Image is Free Use